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HEAT AS A PURIFIER.-Fire is a
thorough purifier. Two hundred
and twelve degrees of heat, accord
ing to Fahrenheit, is the lowest de-
gree to which it is safe to expose in
fected meat, and as all kinds of meat
are always subject to more or less
disease, or worms, invisible, it may
be, to a common microscope, it is not
safe to eat any kind, unless cooked
by applying 212 degrees fahrenheit.
Heat is a complete remedy for many
things. Heat is great purifier as
we'll as sWeetener of food and drink.
Germs of disease are lurking in
many things. Water from sluggish
streams, pools or sloughs should
never be used until boiled. 1t is
nearly always full of disease or in
furious animalculse. BY boiling, set
tiers in new countries, where pure,
living water cannot at first be had,
might be exempt from many pro-
tracted or even fatal diseases. When
potatoes, apples and other vegeta-
bles are rotting, the sound parts
should not be eaten raw, as the fun
gus or disease with which they are
decaying is frequently poison to the
human system. And it is probable
that many of the malarial diseases,
such as fever and ague, neuralgia,
etc., could be avoided by strictly
cooked food and water purified by
heat. The microscope is revealing
wonders in the science of medicine,
in anatomy, in physiology and in
nearly all the natural sciences. The
atomic theory is having an increas-
ing throng of adherents.
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A SCHEME OF NATURE.-In an
swer to the great question as to who
is to be the American of the future,
the North American ReuieaC says:
History would show that nations
which lived unto themselves have
died out. TO say that we are living
over their lives, literature and
thought-that there is nothing new
under the SUMS the greatest libel
on the grandest age in the history
of the world. The past is scarcely
the basis of the present and future.
The growth of man Intellectually
during the past ten years is greater
and Of more Importance than that
during his entire previous history.
II, then, other nations died out be-
cause they lived to themselves, it is
proof presumptive that an intermix-
ture of races by intermarriage, and
in customs and languages, must en-
dure forever. This assemblage of
nations on the American continent;
this rapid development of a univer-
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GREAT CHAPTERS OF THE BIBLE.
There are chapters, like books and
verses in the Bible, that stand out
like bright stars in deep blue sky.
Some of them we name: The bottom
less chapter is Ephesians 8; Charac-
ter chapter is Job 90, while Wisdom
is the name of the 2Sth Of the same
book. The Rest chapter is Hebrews
/; Resurrection chapter is Corin-
thians Is, and Victory is we'll de-
scribed in Romans s. For Duty read
Ezekiel 33, and Work in James 9.
Courage is in Joshua l, which with
the Converts chapter, Isaiah ~,
forms harmonious duet. Psalm 121
is for the Traveller, while the 5lst is
for the Prodigal. Luke Is is the
Lost and Found chapter. The Min
ister's chapter is Ezekiel 81, while
Charity is in the beginning and end
of Corinthians 13. For Atonement
read Hebrew 9, and then Leviticus
16. None will know how to Fast
till they read Isaiah 6S, nor can
Promises be found that reach higher
up or 20 further down than in John
IA. The Blessing chapter is Deuter-
onomy %, and where is Heaven
spoken of so beautifully as in Reve-
lations 21? When one feels his feet
slipping he should 60 to the Rock
chapter, Deuteronomy 80. Hypo-
critics should read their chapter,
Matthew %. Come is the keyword
of Isaiah 55, and Gifts, of Corin-
thians -.
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TERRIBLE PROCESS OF MAROON
ING."-"Maroon-to put ashore on a
desert isle, as a sailor, under the pre-
tence of having committed some
great crime" Thus our good Noah
Webster gives US the dry bones, the
anatomy, upon which the imagina-
tion may construct specimen to suit
itself.
It is thence that the marooners
took their name, for NARROWING was
one of the most effective instruments
of punishment or revenge. If pi-
rate broke one of the many rules
which governed the particular band
to which he belonged, he was ma
rooned; did a captain defend his ship
to such a degree as to be unpleasant
to the pirates attacking it, he was
marooned; even the pirate captain
himself, if he displeased his followers
by the severity of his rule, was in
danger of having the same punish
ment visited upon him which he
had perhaps more than once visited
uron another.
Ihe process of NARROWING was as
simple as terrible. A suitable place
was chosen generally some desert
isle as far removed as possible from
the pathway of commerce), and the
condemned man was rowed from the
ship to the beach. Out he was bun
died upon the sand spit; a gun, a
half dozen bullets, few pinch
es of powder and a bottle of water
was chucked ashore after him, and
away rowed the boats crew back to
the ship, leaving the poor wretch
alone to rave away his life in mad
ness, or to sit sunken in his gloomy
despair till death mercifully released
him from torment. 1t rarely if ever
happened that anything was known
of him after being marooned. A
boats crew from some vessel, sailing
by chance that way, might perhaps
find q few chalky bones bleaching
upon the white sand in the garish
glare of the sunlight, but that was
all. And such were the marooners.-
Hovard Pyle in Ha'per's Magazine.
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EXTREME ARCTIC CoLD.-A per-
son who has never been in the polar
regions can probably have no idea
of what cold really is; but reading
the terrible experiences of arctic trav-
elers in that icy region, some notion
can be formed of the extreme cold
that prevails there. When we have
the temperature down to zero out OF
doors, we think it bitterly cold, and
if our houses were not as warm as at
least 60 degrees above zero, we should
begin to talk of freezing to death.
Think, then, of living where the
thermometer goes down to 35 degs.
below zero in the house in spite OF
the stove. OF course, in such case
the fur garments are piled on man
till he looks like great bundle OF
skins.
DR.. Moss, OF the English polar ex-
pedition of 1875 and 1876, among
other odd things, tells Of the effect
on wax candle which he burned
there. The temperature was 35 de-
grees below zero, and the doctor must
have been considerably discouraged
when, upon looking at his candle,
he discovered that the flame had all
it could do to keep warm. 1t was
so cold that the flame could not melt
all the wax of the candle. out was
forced to eat its way dowC the can
die, leaving sort of skeleton of the
candle standing. There was heat
enough, however, to melt oddly
shaped holes in the thin walls of
wax, and the result was beautiful
lace like cylinder of white, with a
tongue of yellow flame burning in
side, and sending out into the dark
ness many streaks of light. This is
not only a curious effect of extreme
cold, but shows how difficult it must
be to find any thing like warmth in
q place where fire itself almost gets
cOld.-Scientifc american.
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THE RATTLESNAKE'S EYE.

Never seeing a snake charm bird,
or animal, concluded it was a su-
perstition or fancy, devoid of fact.
So continued to think until few
days ago, when a farmer friend Of
mine, living four miles south of Abb
lene, told me what he had lately
witnessed. He said he was riding
along on a prairie and saw prairie
dog within q few feet of him which
refused to scamper to his hole, as
prairie dogs usually do when ap-
preached by man on the contrary,
he sat as if transfiXed to the spot,
though making constant nervous,
shuddering motion, as if anxious to
get away My friend thought this
was strange, and while considering
the spectacle he presently saw large
rattlesnake coiled up under some
bushes, his head uplifted, about six
or seven feet from the dog, which
still needed him not, but looked
steadily upon the snake. He dis
mounted, took the dog by the head
and thrust him off, when the snake,
which had up to that moment re-
mained quiet, Immediately sWelled
with rage, and began sounding his
rattles. The prairie dog for some
time seemed benumbed, hardly cap
able of motion, but grew better, and
finally got into his hole. My friend
then killed the rattler. Now, was
+ this a case of charming? If not,
then what was it ? My friend,
who told me this, is named John
Irving Mcclure, a farmer, we'll
known to ME, a good and truthful
man. l now give it up that snakes
do indeed charm or so paralyze birds
and little animals with terror, when
they catch their eye, that they be-
come helpless and motionless, al
mostdead. What say the scientists l.?
And to one who is familiar with
the eyes of rattlesnakes, it does not
seem unreasonable that they should
have such power. If you will ex-
anime the eye of one when he is
no1d in daath Won will Dnrcaiya thai
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and their fathers before them derived
their sustenance, and want to flock
to our cities and towns solitary and
alone, to seek their fortunes and a
new mode of existence, and of sub
sistence.
They never committed a greater
mistake in their lives. The people
in the country can dig their living
and prosperity out of the soil be-
meath their feet for which Provi-
dence charges them nothing but the
"sweat of the BROW" when it is GER
tain that they will have much
harder time of it when they plunge
into the busy whirlpool of cities and
seek a new mode of life and fortune
which is not as good as the honest
clodhopper who makes his bread by
the sweat of his brow.
Far better would it be for the
present and rising generations if the
youths of the towns and cities would
70 to the country and learn to WELD
the hoe and the plow, instead Of
waiting, like Micawber, for some.
thing to turn up to their advantage
while indulging in idleness and dis.
of city iife.-Lynctb,Tg
(VU.) Adrance.
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it has an extremely malignant and
terrible expression. When he is
alive and excited I know of nothing
in all nature of so dreadful appear
ance as the eye of the rattlesnake.
tits enough to strike not only birds
and little animals, but men, with
nightmare. 1 have, on several occa-
sions, examined them closely with
strong glasses, and feel with all force
what I state, and 1 will tell you that
there are few men on the face of the
earth who can look upon an angered
rattlesnake through good glass
bringing him apparently within a
footor two of the eye-and stand it
for more than a moment-Erchange.
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THE NECK OF THE GIRAFFE.

In spite of its enormous length, 1t
only possesses the seven vertebr9
which are common to nearly all the
mammals. In consequence tits near
ly as infleXible as a wooden bar Of
equal length, so that the many pretty
pictures which represent giraffes curv-
ing their swan like necks gracefully,
after the manner of swans, are lu-
dicrously wrong. "But," said the
obiectors, eff it had so long and in
flexible a neck it could not Craze,
and being a ruminant animal would
die of hunger" 1t is quite true that
it cannot Craze. Itcan only lower its
head near the ground by spreading
its fore legs as widely as possible and
drawing its hind legs under them,
thus presenting a most ludicrous as
pect. In its native state it never, as
far as / know, even attempts to lower
its head to the ground, but in captiv-
ity it can be induced to do so by
laying on the ground large lump
of sugar of which it is inordinately
fond. ..
The fact is that it is intended to
Craze, not on the ground, but on the
leaves of trees. The acacia, or mi
mosa, is it's favorite tree, and the
Dutch colonists have in consequence
called the acacia by the name OF
"kameeldorn"-i. e., camel thorn,
they invariably giving the name of
"camel' to the giraffe. This mode
of feeding involves another anoma-
lous structure. This is the tongue, on
which the giraffe is almost as much
dependent as is the elephant on its
proboscis. It is possessed of wonder
full powers of extension and con.
traction, and can be narrowed until
it almost resembles the correspond
ing organ of the ant-eater. The pecu-
liar powers of the tongue can we'll
be seen when the animal takes the
sugar from the ground. It does not
attempt to seize the sugar with
lips, but protrudes its tongue to It's
fullest extent, twists its narrow tip
around the sugar and draws the COW
eted dainty into its mouth. When
it feeds on the trees it picks off leaf
after leaf quite daintily, selecting
those which are most to its taste.
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ONE FRIEND ONLY.-The time
must come in. every life that carries
with it any great density of mean
ing, when revolutionary changes will
drive the soul in upon itself. a
thoughtful man who is conscious of
such 4 deepening significance in his
own life learns to read by intuition
the lives of others. He cannot walk
the streets of a crowded city without
observing in a multitude of faces as
they pass a look which tell of un-
spoken conflict. Some are bearing
their lot patiently; some are battling
with it angrily; few more tri-
umphing over it; all are walking in
the shadow of it. This one is not like
that one. None can understand full
ly the trials Of another. 1t is no sell
fishness in any that none can very
essentially help his fellow. Each
must bear his own. Each treads in
a path in which he is the only travel
er. We need in such life some
friend who can and will save us
from the abyss of social despair to
which unbIessed affiicition dooms a
man. There is but one such Friend
in the universe.-ProfesSor dustin.
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some defenseless old man or woman; by
the stately Holland park, standing amidst
lovely country set with trees; along the
gardens Of Kensington, on the north of
which extended mile after mile of nursery
and vegetable gardens; past the dreadful
tree of Tyburn, at the corner Of Hyde
park; and thence, by a network of streets
and lanes, in which it seemed impossible
to find our way, into the city Of London.
Twas silent with amazement at so much
noise, such crowds, and such splendid
buildings. I forgot Lady Campion, every
thing, in wonder and delight. rode be-
side Mr.. Huntspin in a dream.
He watched me, riding close at my side
and guiding my horse. Presently we
turned into long winding lane with no
carts or wagons, but a continuous stream
of people. Many of them knew Mr..
Huntspill, and took off their hats to him.
He gravely returned the salute. The lane
led to small quiet square, in which were
only private houses. One of these, the
largest, occupied the whole side of the
square.
"This," said Mr.. Huntspill, 'is Great
St. Simon Apostle, and this is Lady
Campion's town house."
dismounted in considerable trepida-
tion. Mr.. Hnntspill led sme by the. hand
into the house and up the stairs. He
stopped at door on the first landing and
knocked. Then he opened the door gent
ly, and led me into the presence Of Lady
Campion.
''Those," said firm, clear voice, "are
the footsteps of John Huntspill; I welcome
you, my friend. Is all well?'>
"All is well, madam" said John Hunt
spill. 1.-THE interests Of the house are
prospering. present to you, madam, the
young lady Of whom you wrote to me,
Pleasance Noel, and commend her to your
ladyship's protection"
"Come here, my dear. Closer-closer
yet"
had not dared to raise my eyes. Now
I did so. I saw splendid lady, apparently
about so years of age, magnifcently
dressed in black velvet. Round her neck
was hung heavy gold chain. Her collar
and wristbands were Of costly lace. She
was sitting when we came in, and she
turned her head In the slow, cautious way
peculiar to blind people. Yet there was
little look of blindness in her eyes, and she
seemed to see me as my eyes met those
large. pyoud orbs of hers. She rose, how
ever, to give me greeting, and continued
gazing at me, as it seemed, reading my
features in imagination. Seating herself
again, T unconsciously knelt at her feet.
Then she placed her hands on my Shout
ders, and began, in way which made me
tremble, gently to pass her fingers over
my face and head.
"You are pretty, child, and you are tall
What is your aRe?'
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MINING AT THE NORTH POLE.

It may not be generally known that
important mining operations are
carried on within the Arctic circle.
Cryolite is brought from Greenland
to Philadelphia by the shipload to
be used in the making of candles.
At Alien, near the North cape in
Finmark, extensive copper mines
have been worked for a long time.
When it is remembered that most
of the work has to be done under
ground, and that heat is what the
Workmen suffer most from, 1t be-
comes apparent at once that mines
may be almost as profitable in these
high latitudes as they would be on
our coast. The main thing is to have
communication open q year for bring
ing supplies and carrying away the
ores.
An engineer who visited the mines
at Alien a few years ago, to study
the condition in which they were
worked, found that the climate inter-
posed no obstacle. The mines, when
fairly deep, are warmer in winter
than in summer.
In such work as has to be done
above ground, there is scarcely any
interruption. During the three dark
months, when the sun does not shine,
there is no lack Of light to the eye
accustomed to the conditions. The
sky is clear and starry, the aurora
is playing most of the time, and
whatever light there is the reflection
from the snow increases and inten-
sites.
More than $50 years ago mining
was carried on extensively about the
shores of the White sea by Saxon
workmen. Silver, copper and lead
were produced in quantities.
Now that the whale fishery has de-
clined, mining enterprise seems
most likely of anything to promote
exploration and settlement within
the Artic circle.-Yo,ah's Conlpan-
ion.
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APECULIAR MARK OF RESPECT.
If a man should present himself at
the White House in Washington,
and, walking up to the President,
double up his fist and shake 1t in
Mr.. Cleveland's face, he would in all
likelihood be arrested on the spot for
a crank or a madman. But In one
of the African Kingdoms, this is the
prescribed etiquette for all those who
approach the throne. 1t means, IL
hope that see you strong and well,
O king, like unto my fist and my
arm. - Golden ArgOsy.
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The COUNTRY AND THE Town.
"God made the country and man
made the town." is an old truism !;
and yet it is curious fact that our
young men in the country are always
too anxious to move to town.
They abandon the homes where
they were born, their parents and
kindred, the soil from which they
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sal language by the amalgamation
of all tongues, past and present; this
formation of single race of men out
of all races, can only be regarded as
a colossal scheme of nature to infil-
trate new life into humanity, and
produce an enduring and higher type
of man and language.
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OF another engagement and another victory,
with the dreadful list Of killed which followed
after. Yet John Huntspill bade me hope.
Among tue lists, so for, he had not seen the
name Of William Campion, or those OF Dan
und bis boys
TO BE CONTINUED.
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WONDERFUL THINGS IN NATURE.

OQo OF Ll0 CNl6l UdpQtIh Wells III
the Caspian oil region of Russia shoot
up as from fountain, and has form
ed lake four miles long and one
and a quarter wide. This enormous
surface recently became ignited, and
now presents an imposing spectacle.
The smoke and heat are such as to
render nearer approach than one
thousand yards impracticable. The
quantity of naptha on fire is esti-
mated at four and a half million
cubic feet.
Everybody has heard of the sing
ing beach of Manchester, Mass, the
sand of which, for distance of about
a fifth of a mile, gives out a sound
when walked upon, or even when
stirred by stick; but it is not so
generally known that in 1884 inquiry
among the members of the United
States life-saving service showed
that samples of the singing sand
could be found in twenty-siX differ
ent places on our coast. 1t is said
that later investigation has increas-
ed the number to seventy-four in
America and thirteen abroad.
In Algeria, there is a small stream
which the chemistry of nature has
turned into ink. 1t is formed by the
union of two rivers, one of which is
strongly impregnated with iron,
while the other, meandering through
a peat marsh, imbibes gallic acid.
Letters have been written with this
compound of iron and gallic acid
which unite to form the little river.
In Colombia, South America, is
river which, by admixture with sui
phuric acid, becomes so sour that it
is appropriately named the Vinegar
River.
A park in Arizona Territory has
an unparalleled phenomenon in a
natural bridge of agatized wood,
spanning canon fifty-fve feet wide.
The tree is from three to four feet in
diameter, and more than hundred
feet of its length is in sight, both
ends being embedded in the sand
stone at the sides of the canon.
How SULPHUR MATCHES ARE
MADE.-Nearly all the operations
of matchmaking are now carried on
by machinery. The wood is first
sawed into blocks of uniform length,
one and a half inches long, or the
length of the match. Those blocks
are then fed into the cutting machine,
which cuts twelve matches at every
stroke, To make round matches the
wood is forced through perforations
in metal plates. The splints are then
put into Stats arranged on double
chain 25O feet long. On this they
are carried to the sulphur vat, dipped
therein by mechanical movement,
and then in the same manner to the
PHOSPHORUS vat and dipped. Ma
chimes are also used for making the
boxes and packing the splints there
in. AS the consumption of matches
is most enormous-being estimated
at six a day for every man, woman
and child in Europe and North
America-they form an important
article of commerce, and the inven-
tion of machinery for their manufac-
ture has proven of great advantage.
But the special value of machinery is
that it so largely reduced the mortal
ity caused by working over the phos-
phorus. The substance when heated,
throws off fumes that cannot be con-
tinuously breathed without causing
disease. In large factories $4,000
small boxes of matches are often
made and packed ready for shipping
in single day.
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THE VALUE OF A CENT.-It is al
most impossible to attach any i'm
portance to one cent, but at the same
time it is q very important coin at
times, says an exchange.
It will take q circular to California,
and it will make you madder than a
halter and q March hare combined,
when you 60 to pay your fare on q
horse-car and find that you have but
four cents and a ten-dollar bill.
One cent is very small, but when
it is added to the rate of interest you
receive on a stock, it possesses a stern
magnificent grandeur that carries yor
away like strain of music.
The penny, it seems, was made to
put on church plates, and, although
a man may say it amounts to MOTH
ing, he will strike matches and lit
mats and crawl about in the straw
on a horse car to find the one he
drops. 1t is so small coin that you
have to take off your glove to take
hold of it in your pocket, and yet it
is so large, when the baby swallows
it, the chances of the baby's living
are sometime no: worth a cent.
Although one cent is less than ten
cents, yet one cent Is q great deal
larger than a dime. Many a man
has gone thirsty all day with four
cents in his pocket. For the want OF
that cent the four were as useless as
the eleven men on the jury who are
held out against by one.